CALX Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, CALX traded between $7.93 and $9.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.5%, placing in the 19.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 37.1%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.06.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-06: Highest Volume — 91 contracts
  • 2014-03-10: Largest IV spike — 63.9% change
  • 2014-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 51.5%
  • 2014-03-03: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.60$7.93$9.03$7.93$8.43
Max Pain$9.52$7.50$10.00$7.50$10.00
ATM IV38.5%28.4%54.9%48.8%36.1%
Expected Move10.3%7.4%14.0%14.0%10.4%
HV 20d37.1%30.4%44.0%38.9%34.3%
HV 60d38.5%35.7%39.7%35.7%39.4%
IV Rank19.5%0.0%51.5%39.6%15.1%
IV Percentile19.5%0.0%78.2%58.3%10.7%
Term Structure6.9%-11.5%22.1%-3.4%8.2%
VWIV35.7%27.7%44.7%44.7%34.4%
Skew 25d2.9%-12.0%19.4%4.2%-0.7%
Skew 10d4.8%-18.3%42.3%5.4%-1.3%
Call IV 25d33.5%23.9%44.8%44.8%35.6%
Put IV 25d36.4%25.4%50.7%49.0%34.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.9531.43102.8389.6595.79
Gamma HHI0.640.540.840.730.78
Net GEX-11.4K-12.6K-10.7K-12.6K-10.9K
Net DEX428.1K276.1K600.1K600.1K496.4K
Net VEX-2.6K-3.1K-2.1K-2.7K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.060.000.690.690.00
Total Volume15.429091490
Total OI2,623.5712,5602,6912,5602,595

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$7.93$7.5048.8%14.0%38.9%39.6%0.0%4.2%-3.4%-12.6K600.1K-2.7K0.6989.6529208991,661
2014-03-04$8.14$7.5039.7%11.4%39.9%21.8%0.0%13.7%15.1%-12.6K555.1K-2.8K0.0031.43009111,681
2014-03-05$8.27$7.5033.1%9.5%39.8%8.8%0.0%-2.3%11.0%-12.3K520.8K-2.8K0.0089.46709111,681
2014-03-06$8.72$7.5040.3%11.5%43.6%22.9%44.7%2.8%-11.5%-11.4K396.3K-2.9K0.0862.098479181,681
2014-03-07$8.78$10.0033.5%10.5%42.9%9.6%33.4%5.3%2.1%-10.7K357.4K-3.1K0.1089.652029621,683
2014-03-10$8.57$10.0054.9%9.4%44.0%51.5%27.7%-0.6%8.6%-11.3K443.9K-2.6K0.00102.23059621,683
2014-03-11$8.65$10.0048.5%7.4%42.7%39.0%0.0%2.7%19.2%-11.8K428.5K-2.7K0.0093.99209621,683
2014-03-12$8.89$10.0044.4%9.4%43.4%30.8%37.8%-12.0%6.5%-11.4K362.2K-2.7K0.0096.553209621,683
2014-03-13$8.70$10.0035.2%10.1%37.3%12.9%0.0%5.4%10.2%-11.4K417.2K-2.5K0.00101.82609681,683
2014-03-14$8.71$10.0033.7%9.7%37.3%9.9%0.0%0.0%5.9%-11.0K408.3K-2.5K0.0095.38009681,683
2014-03-17$8.88$10.0035.8%10.3%37.5%14.1%32.4%10.7%19.6%-12.1K348.5K-2.7K0.0095.241509681,683
2014-03-18$8.96$10.0034.9%10.0%37.4%12.3%39.2%-2.4%3.5%-11.3K318.9K-2.6K0.00101.642709811,683
2014-03-19$9.03$10.0036.3%10.4%36.3%15.1%0.0%19.4%21.6%-11.0K276.1K-2.8K0.00102.83001,0081,683
2014-03-20$8.99$10.0031.9%9.1%30.4%6.4%35.8%0.5%7.3%-11.3K321.2K-2.5K0.00100.662909931,683
2014-03-21$8.89$10.0033.5%9.6%30.6%9.7%35.5%1.1%4.7%-11.5K343.0K-2.5K0.00101.212009891,683
2014-03-24$8.73$10.0037.5%10.8%30.9%17.5%34.4%13.1%-1.3%-11.6K433.5K-2.3K0.00101.61509651,620
2014-03-25$8.61$10.0040.9%11.7%31.3%24.2%0.0%7.5%-9.6%-11.0K443.1K-2.3K0.00101.74409611,620
2014-03-26$8.32$10.0045.9%13.2%33.7%33.9%0.0%-2.6%-5.4%-11.1K471.9K-2.4K0.00101.94009651,620
2014-03-27$8.15$10.0036.2%10.4%33.9%14.8%0.0%-4.4%11.3%-10.7K523.0K-2.2K0.00101.85009651,620
2014-03-28$8.30$10.0028.4%8.1%34.0%0.0%0.0%-1.0%22.1%-10.9K524.6K-2.1K0.0095.291009651,620
2014-03-31$8.43$10.0036.1%10.4%34.3%15.1%0.0%-0.7%8.2%-10.9K496.4K-2.2K0.0095.79009751,620